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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Tesla's inventions was first given support?
(a) The perpetual motion machine.
(b) The magnetic field motor.
(c) The induction motor.
(d) The arc lamp.

2. What did Tesla construct while he was in Germany?
(a) A model for the telephone.
(b) A brushless ignitor.
(c) A platform for his magnets.
(d) The induction motor.

3. What did Tesla get bogged down by while trying to create a great invention?
(a) Financial problems.
(b) Bureaucratics.
(c) A lack of time.
(d) Copyrights and patents.

4. Tesla compared humans to ____________.
(a) Machines.
(b) Gods.
(c) Electrical fields.
(d) Robots.

5. What kind of area was the transmitter to be used in?
(a) Dense areas.
(b) Dry areas.
(c) Humid areas.
(d) Open areas.

6. What did Tesla say all of his inventions were in essence?
(a) New creations.
(b) Universally needed.
(c) World changing elements.
(d) Improvements.

7. What did Tesla think would power the humanoid machine?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Batteries.
(c) Solar power.
(d) The World Wirless System.

8. Where did Tesla finally go to launch his great invention?
(a) America.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

9. What kind of oscillation did Tesla strive to find?
(a) Controlled.
(b) Magnetic.
(c) Steady.
(d) Electrical.

10. Whom did Charles Batchellor work for?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Mr. Puskas.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Henry Ford.

11. What was new about Tesla's remote controlled device?
(a) It was small.
(b) It followed directions.
(c) It didn't use wires.
(d) It was easily manipulated.

12. What did Tesla help Edison produce?
(a) Light bulb fillaments.
(b) Telephone wires.
(c) Telephone receivers.
(d) Electric motors.

13. How did Tesla feel about moving to Paris?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was eager to do so.
(c) He was nervous.
(d) He was indifferent.

14. How big did Tesla say the field from his transmitter could be?
(a) Up to one mile.
(b) Global.
(c) National.
(d) Up to one thousand feet.

15. How did Tesla hope to bring the world together?
(a) Magnifying cultural differences.
(b) Educating the masses.
(c) Spreading out wealth.
(d) Putting in place his World Wireless System.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tried to find support for Tesla while he was in Germany?

2. Why did Tesla's transmitter backer withdraw their support?

3. What was never completed for Tesla's transmitter?

4. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to make one day without wings?

5. What did Tesla hope to perpetuate with his inventions?

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